June 25, 2013

Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Mehjoor

India Post released a stamp of a famous Kashmiri Poet Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad on 25th June 2013.

Mahjoor,(Shair-e-Kashmir) is a twentieth century poet of Kashmir. Mahjoor was the poetic name or title of Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad who was born on 11th of August 1887, at a scenic and naturally beautiful village called Mitrigam in the district of Pulwama. He is especially noted for introducing a new style into Kashmiri poetry and for expanding Kashmiri poetry into previously unexplored thematic realms.
 

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